ValencianTech, Nov 19-20 (Part II) and
March 5-6 (Part I), 2026
Yellow Cube, Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación, Universitat Politècnica de València
UPV 8G Building, Access A, Av. dels Tarongers, 46022 València
Thursday, November 19th
AI and Data Analytics in Healthcare
9:00 to 9:30 h – Welcome
Angel A. Juan (Univ. Politècnica de València), Ana Cidad (ValgrAI), Raffaele Maccioni (Decision Science Alliance)
9:30 to 10:00 h – Keynote Speaker
Wael El Deredy (Univ. de Valparaiso): Imaging Brain Dynamics: Between Biophysics, Machine Learning and Big Data
Introduced by Vicente Botti (ValgrAI)
10:00 to 11:00 h – Healthcare Session I
Session Chair: Armando Nieto (Divina Seguros)
11:00 to 11:30 h – Coffee Break
11:30 to 12:30 h – Healthcare Session II
Session Chair: Raffaele Maccioni (Math Biology)
12:30 to 13:30 h – Don’t Train Programmers. Train Healthcare Professionals to Govern AI
Session Chair: Fco. Javier Domingo (UNIE Universidad)
María del Cacho Estil-les (Univ. Politécnica de Bari)
Elena Garcés (Coloplast Kerecis)
Isabel Bejarano-Blázquez (Syneos Health)
13:30 to 14:30 h – Lunch
14:30 to 15:30 h – Healthcare Session IV
Session Chair: Emilio Vivancos & Alejandra Owono (Conselleria de Sanitat – GVA)
Friday, November 20th
AI and Optimization in Logistics & Business
9:00 to 9:30 h – Keynote Speaker
Peter Keenan (University College Dublin): GenAI Models in Business Analytics
Introduced by Javier Faulin (UPNA)
9:30 to 10:00 h – Keynote Speaker
Patrick Hirsch (BOKU University): AI in Sustainable Transportation and Urban Mobility
Introduced by Angel A. Juan (UPV)
10:00 to 11:00 h – AI Applications to Transportation & Mobility
Session Chair: Juan de Oña (Foro de Ingeniería del Transporte)
Elena Perez (UPV): Enhancing Barcelona’s Urban Mobility with AI (GLIMS)
Javier Panadero (UAB): Sim-Learnheuristics as a Tool for Optimizing Dynamic and Stochastic Scenarios
Free spot (speaker yet to be assigned)
Juan de Oña (UGR): An Integrated Predictive Framework for Urban Mobility and Governance (URBAN-AI)
11:00 to 11:30 h – Coffee Break
11:30 to 12:30 h – Sustainable and Efficient Transportation and Energy Systems
Session Chair: Jose A. Moreno (Univ. La Laguna)
Marc Bara (UOC): Using Agentic Artificial Intelligence in Combinatorial Optimization
Javier Faulin (UPNA): Freight Distribution Optimization using Occasional Drivers
Ketrina Katragjini (AVEVA): AI and Optimization for a Sustainable Energy Transition
Jose A. Moreno (ULL): Design of Livestock Residue Biogas Supply Chains
12:30 to 13:30 h – AI in Business and Marketing
Session Chair: David Lopez (Esade Business School)
Patricia Rodriguez (ICSO Analytics): Architecting AI for the SME Reality
Ana Beik (Golden Owl): Predicting Disruptive events with Data Analytics and Algorithms
Free spot (speaker yet to be assigned)
David Lopez (Esade): Aligning Stakeholders in AI-enabled Customer Service
13:30 to 14:30 h – Lunch
14:30 to 15:00 h – Round Table on AI in Industrial Logistics
Session Chair: Ramon Garcia (Centro Español de Logística)
Speakers yet to be assigned
15:00 to 15:30 h – Flash Presentations on AI-Driven Optimization & Prediction
Session Chair: Raquel Soriano (Univ. Politècnica de València)
Juan F. Gomez & Antonio R. Uguina (Decide): Reliability-Guided Simheuristics and Sim-Exact Methods
Wenwen Chen & Yang Men (UPV): AI Models for Fraud Detection and Loss Prediction
Miguel Saiz (Esade): LLM-Based Generative Heuristics for Soft Optimization
Marc Escoto (UPV) & Antoni Guerrero (Baobab): Biased-Randomized Transformers for Agile Optimization
Veronica Medina (ICSO Analytics) & David Cordon (UOC): LLM-Based Heuristics for Semantic Vehicle Routing
15:30 to 15:40 h – Closing
Elena Perez (Univ. Politècnica de València), David Lopez (Esade), Laura Calvet (Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona)
Thursday, March 5th
9:00 to 9:30 h – Welcome
Angel A. Juan (General Co-Chair)
Raffaele Maccioni (President Decision Science Alliance)
Jose M. Calabuig (Director IUMPA UPV)
Alfred Peris (General Co-Chair)
9:30 to 10:00 h – Keynote Speaker
Ana Povoa (University of Lisbon): Operations Research and AI in Transportation and SCM
10:00 to 11:00 h – Optimization: Methods and Applications
Session Chair: Rafael Martí
Alice Calamita (Synactica Roma): Math Models and Algorithms to support Price and Revenue Optimization
Claudia Rodriguez (OGA): From a Single Optimal Route to a Diverse Portfolio
Rafael Martí (Universitat de València): Springer Handbook of Heuristics
11:00 to 11:30 h – Coffee Break (sponsored by IUMPA)
11:30 to 12:00 h – Keynote Speaker
Armando Nieto (Divina Seguros): Artificial Intelligence in the Insurance Sector
12:00 to 13:00 h – AI in Smart Decision Making
Session Chair: Luis Viso
Ivan Vaquero (BUOH): From Confusion to Conversion: Improving the First Interaction in Banking, Insurance, and Fintech
Marc Escoto (Univ. Politècnica de València): A Sequential Allocation Model for Inter-Plant Debt in Returnable Bottle Logistics
Luis Viso (Tecnalia): Supporting Sustainable Mobility with AI: the European Bus Rapid Transit
13:00 to 14:00 h – Mesa Redonda: Aplicaciones de la IA en Inspección de Servicios de Salud
Moderadora: Alejandra Owono (Jefa de la UVMI en Alicante)
Francisco J. Ponce (Director Territorial de Alicante)
Verónica Piles (Subdirectora de Inspección de Servicios Sanitarios)
Gregorio Gomez (Jefe de Sección de Inspección de Servicios Sanitarios)
Emilio Vivancos (Responsable de la Oficina Autonómica para la Aplicación de la IA)
14:00 to 15:00 h – Lunch (sponsored by EURO)
16:00 to 17:00 h – AI and Mathematical Models in Industry
Session Chair: Alfred Peris
Jose M. Narciso (Bionline): From Models to Business Impact: Applied AI for Value Creation in Key Industries
Andreu Climent (Corify): How Corify Technology and Volumetric Source Imaging Help to See and Cure Cardiac Arrhythmias
Alfred Peris (Universitat Politècnica de València)
Friday, March 6th
9:00 to 9:30 h – Keynote Speaker
Ana Cidad (ValgrAI): ValgrAI: The Valencian Foundation for AI
9:30 to 11:00 h – Industrial Applications of OR and AI
Session Chair: Javier Panadero
Joan Serrano (Universitat de València): The Multi-Source Capacitated Facility Location Problem with Customer Incompatibilities
Juan Fco. Gomez (Decide Soluciones): A Simheuristic for the Stochastic TOP with Probabilistic Constraints
Wenwen Chen (Univ. Politècnica de València): Transformer-Based approaches for Tropical Cyclone Parametric Modeling
Charitha Buddhika Heendeniya (Univ. Applied Sciences – Lugano): Risk and Resilience-Oriented Charging Infrastructure Planning
Javier Panadero (Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona): Project Scheduling with Time Dependencies and Shared Resources
11:00 to 11:30 h – Coffee Break (sponsored by IUMPA)
11:30 to 12:00 h – Keynote Speaker
David Lopez-Lopez (FHIOS Smart Knowledge): Artificial Intelligence in Digital Marketing
12:00 to 13:00 h – Applying AI in the Real World
Session Chair: Patricia Rodriguez
Marc Bara (ICSO Analytics): The Hidden Economics of AI in Project Management
Antonio Rodriguez (Decide Soluciones): Solving the Bi-Objective Generalized Dispersion Problem
Patricia Rodriguez (ICSO Analytics): ICSO Analytics: Supporting Smart Decisions with AI
13:00 to 14:00 h – AI in Bio and Healthcare
Session Chair: Ray Butler
Ignasi Tormo (VersedIA): Conversational AI to Enhance Cognitive Wellness
David Navarro (Mendel Brain): Integrating Genetics, Psychology and Data Sources for Personalized Treatments
Ray Butler (Butler Scientifics): Towards Intelligent Conversational Guidance for Biomedical Data Exploration
14:00 to 15:00 h – Lunch (sponsored by EURO)
15:00 to 16:20 h – Process Optimization with AI
Session Chair: Oriol Vila
Cristina Tobar (OGA): A Sim-learnheuristic for the Team Orienteering Problem
Alfredo Gimenez (Factor): Industrial Performance Boosted by AI Tutoring Agents
Antoni Guerrero (Baobab Soluciones): Hybridizing RL with BRAs to Solve Large-Scale Optimization Problems in Real-Time
Oriol Vila (Insylo): Deep Learning for Volumetric Estimation in Bulk Solids
16:20 to 16:30 h – Closing
Angel A. Juan (General Co-Chair)
Patricia Rodriguez (ICSO Analytics)
Carles Serrat (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)